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Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'A. Vellutello, di novo

ristampato con le figure a i Triomphi, et con ... aggiunte.

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Picques, Claude
Author
Petrarca, Francesco
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Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'A. Vellutello, di novo

ristampato con le figure a i Triomphi, et con ... aggiunte.
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Style: Centre and cornerpiece|Semis, background of small tools; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Calf
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Shelfmark: c20c15
Place of creation Binding: France
Object history Text: 1550; Venice; Unspecified
Notes mid century, Paris, corner and centerpiece. For similar examples, see: 1) Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, Milano, Asta 28 e 29 agosto 1933, p. 16, n. 50, actually in a Milanese private collection on L. Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Venice, Valgrisi, 1562; 2) Libraire Sourget, Chartres, Deux cents livres précieux, p. 80, n. 32 on Jacques de Strada, Epitome du Thrésor des antiquitez c'est-à-dire pourtraits des vrayes Médailles des Empereurs tant d'Orient que d'Occident. De l'estude de Jacques Strada de Mantuan Antiquarie. Traduit par Jean Louveau d'Orléans, Lyon, Jacques de Strada et Thomas Guérin, 1553; 3) C. Meunier, Cent reliures de la Bibliothèque nationale, pl. LXVIII; 4) Précieux livres anciens. Lundi 13 mai 1985, n. 159 on Plato, Le premier, second et dixième livre de Justice, ou de la République de Platon, Paris, Sébastien Nyvelle, 1555. Similar oriental looking tools at centerpiece's head and foot, are reproduced in M.-P. Laffitte - F. Le Bars, Reliures royales de la Renaissance, p. 184, n. 93 bound by the atelier du relieur du roi, c. 1554-1555. For similar corner tools and central panel-stamp see C.46.c.14., C.48.c.2., Davis 381, Davis 394.
References M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, vol I, London, 1978, pp170-182. Annie Parent Charon, Nouveaux documents sure les reliures parisiens du XVI siecle in Revue Francaise d'histoire du livre, no 35, 1982, pp389-408.
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